Analysis of Jonas Keene
Edgar Lee Masters 1868 (Garnett) – 1950 (Elkins Park)
Why did Albert Schirding kill himself
Trying to be County Superintendent of Schools,
Blest as he was with the means of life
And wonderful children, bringing him honor
Ere he was sixty?
If even one of my boys could have run a news-stand,
Or one of my girls could have married a decent man,
I should not have walked in the rain
And jumped into bed with clothes all wet,
Refusing medical aid.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 11101101 101110001011 111110111 01001010110 11110 1101111111011 1111111100101 11111001 010111111 0101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 388 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 309 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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